Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-24

| IN ene parf oi tnc wnoie ps>opte, end the pres
was filed with complaints and protests tn,
meeting at the Haymnrket was called for
! similar purpose At McCormicks factory,
day or two before, the police had assaulted ,
crowd Of wogkmen, injuring several, and il
was to protest against this that the meeting
was called at the Haymarket. The famoui
Revenge circular was for revenge upor
the police for their alleged inhumanity
That was lawful meeting. There can he M
doubt about that The highest civil Officer
OF the community, the mayor, was there il
person, and after listening to the speeche.
and watching the crowd for an hour or mors
he rode to the police station near by and told
the officer in charge, Inspector Bonfield, that
the meeting was peaceable and that he nigh,
a. well send his reserve men home; that there
would be no trouble.
Now these are not new facts, nor am
endeavoring to defend the Anarchists, nor
yet to claim that they were guiltless.
merely desire to clear up some Of the mist
that have gathered in the public mind con
cerning this celebrated case. To get at {
proper estimate Of the Haymarket tragedy
think one should take full cognizance Of this
sntipathy Of the laborinS classes for the
police 1t was the real cause Of the trouble
Curse the brutal police" yelled the excited
men, broodins over the ills of the poor, and
regarding the constabulary As the represen-
tatives Of the capitalists whom they believed
to be robbing the toilers Of their inst dues;
"Curse the police, and il the blue coats attack
us we will fight for our rights Let us have
revengem That was the spirit which ami
mated the Anarchists, or at least thoss q
them who were not in the business simply for
the living they could mako out Of it. That
was wrong. 1t was unlawful to plan resist
ance to the lawful authorities. Even il tho
police are brutal, man should not arzosaec
to himself the right to kill them whom they
approach him and ask him to move on-no
matcer il he is standing Oh the public high
way, where he has q right to stand, end de-
porting himself in = manner inofensive 10
the public. A bullet or bomb is no fit an
swer to . command that springs from au-
thority, however rash and excessive. At tho
same time the reader who wishes to arrive at
clear understanding Of tbs tragedy should
bear in mind the fact that bombs were made
as much on account Of hate OF tho police as
in pursuance Of plans to effect Q social rcvo-
luton. 1t should also be remembered that
the men who most hated the police and most
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